Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Family separations and concentration camps are still here

The New York Review of Books has an open letter describing current camp conditions for separated children at one of the camps created by the current President, Tornillo, Texas. The letter concludes:
The US government is detaining more than 13,000 migrant children, the highest number ever; as of last month, some 250 “tender age” children aged twelve or under had not yet been reunited with their parents. Recently, the president has vowed to “put tents up all over the place” for migrants.

This generation will be remembered for having allowed concentration camps for children to be built in “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” This is happening here and now, but not in our names.